The Divine Holy Mass Of The Resurrection
(Dimanche de Pàques)
On Easter Sunday.
The Church Of Saint-Eugène, Paris, France.
Available on YouTube at
Sunday 4 April 2021
Saint Isidore. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 4 April.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Isidore.
Bishop. Confessor.
Doctor Of The Church.
Feast Day 4 April.
Double.
White Vestments.
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682).
Date: 1655.
Collection: Seville Cathedral.
Source/Photographer: [2]
(Wikimedia Commons)
“Above all, a Bishop, to accomplish his Office, must read The Scriptures, study The Canons, imitate the examples of The Saints, devote himself to watching, Fasting, and Prayer, unite humility with authority, and place his Chastity under the guard of Charity, a Virtue without which all the others are nothing.”
He realised this ideal. Versed in all knowledge, he was considered the most learned man of his Century. An indefatigable Preacher of the Gospel, he opposed The Arians and other heretics “who closed their ears to Truth and opened them to fables” (Epistle).
Wherefore, hardly sixteen years after his death in 636 A,D,, The Synod of Toledo, composed of fifty-two Bishops, proclaimed him “excellent Doctor (Collect) and the most recent glory of The Catholic Church”.
Saint Isidore was, for us here below, a Doctor of Life: May he now intercede for us in Heaven (Collect).
Mass: In médio.
Commemoration (in Lent): Of The Feria.
Last Gospel (in Lent): Of The Feria.
The Marian Anthem Is Now “Regina Cæli”.
The Blessed Virgin Mary
is Crowned “Queen of Heaven”
by Her Beloved Son,
Illustration: CALEFACTORY.ORG
“Regina Cæli”.
As from Compline on Holy Saturday until Trinity Sunday, exclusive, the
Marian Anthem is now “Regina Cæli”. Partly-Composed by Pope Gregory V (☩ 998 A.D.)
Available on YouTube at
“Resurrexit, Sicut Dixit”. “Alleluia”.
“Resurrexit, Sicut Dixit”.
“Alleluia”.
“CHRISTUS VINCIT”.
“CHRISTUS REGNAT”.
“CHRISTUS IMPERAT”.
A Very Happy,
Holy,
And Peaceful,
Eastertide !!!
Holy,
And Peaceful,
Eastertide !!!
“Supper At Emmaus”.
English: Supper at Emmaus.
Deutsch: Abendmahl in Emmaus.
Italiano: Cena in Emmaus.
Artist: Caravaggio (1573–1610).
Date: 1601.
Current location: National Gallery, London.
Photo: May 2010.
Source/Photographer: Own work.
User: Lafit86.
(Wikimedia Commons)
“Salve Festa Dies”. The Easter Processional Hymn. Composed By Venantius Fortunatus (☩ 609 A.D.).
Illustration: CAMILLUS HOUSE
Illustration: NOT A DEACON YET
“Salve Festa Dies”.
Composed by Venantius Fortunatus (☩ 609 A.D.).
Illustration: CORPUS CHRISTI WATERSHED
“Salve Festa Dies”.
English: From The Mass and Vespers of Easter.
Benedictine Monks of the Abbey
Saint Maurice et Saint Maur Clervaux, Luxembourg.
Français: Des La Messe et les Vêpres de Pâques.
Par les moines bénédictins de Saint Maurice
et Saint Maur Clervaux, Luxembourg.
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Tradition attributes it to the Latin poet Venantius Fortunatus, who wrote it before 609 A.D. In that case, it would be one of the oldest Hymns passed down.
The Anthem is not included in The Liturgy. It is sung during The Procession at the start of Mass on Easter Sunday.
Easter Sunday. The Station Is At The Papal Basilica Of Saint Mary Major (Santa Maria Maggiore).
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Easter Sunday.
Station at Saint Mary Major.
Plenary Indulgence.
Double of The First-Class
with Privileged Octave
of The First-Order.
White Vestments.
Christ is Risen, indeed.
Alleluia.
Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY
Artist: René de Cramer.
“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.
Used with Permission.
Illustration: THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND NEWSPAPER
English: Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome.
Italiano: Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore.
Latin: Basilica Sanctæ Mariæ Maioris.
Photo: 23 May 2016.
Source: Own work.
Author: Pierre-Selim Huard
(Wikimedia Commons)
“Victimæ Paschali Laudes”
(Praise The Paschal Victim).
The Sequence for Easter Sunday.
From Notre-Dame de Paris, France.
Available on YouTube at
“Victimæ Paschali Laudes”.
The Sequence for Easter Sunday.
This Sequence is said until
The Saturday before Low Sunday,
inclusive.
Victimæ paschali laudes
immolent Christiani.
Agnus redemit oves:
Christus innocens Patri
reconciliavit peccatores.
Mors et vita duello conflixere mirando:
dux vitæ mortuus regnat vivus.
Dic nobis, Maria,
quid vidisti in via ?
Sepulcrum Christi viventis:
et gloriam vidi resurgentis.
Angelicos testes,
sudarium, et vestes.
Surrexit Christus spes mes:
præcedet vos in Galilæam
Scimus Christum surrexisse a mortuis vere:
tu nobis, victor Rex, miserere.
Amen.
Alleluia.
Forth to The Paschal Victim,
Christians, bring Your sacrifice of praise:
The Lamb redeems the sheep;
And Christ The Sinless One,
Hath to The Father sinners reconciled.
Together, death and life
In a strange conflict strove.
The Prince of Life, Who died,
Now lives and reigns.
What thou sawest, Mary, say,
As thou wentest on the way.
I saw the tomb
wherein The Living One had lain,
I saw His Glory as He Rose again;
Napkin and linen clothes,
and Angels twain:
Yea, Christ is Risen,
my hope, and He
Will go before you into Galilee.
We know that Christ indeed
has Risen from the grave.
Hail, Thou King of Victory,
Have Mercy, Lord, and Save.
Amen.
Alleluia.
As at Christmas, The Station is made at Saint Mary Major, on this Greatest Feast of the whole year. The Church never separates Jesus and Mary, and, today, in one and the same Triumph, she honours The Mother and The Son. Before all else, The Risen Christ offers The Homage of His Gratitude to His Father in Heaven (Introit).
The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.
Photo: October 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Maros M r a z (Maros).
(Wikimedia Commons)
In her turn, The Church gives thanks to God, inasmuch as, by The Victory of His Son, He has re-opened The Way to Heaven, and implores Him to assist us that we may attain this, our final goal (Collect). For this, Saint Paul tells us, just as the Jews eat the Paschal Lamb with the unleavened bread, so we must feast on The Lamb of God, with the unleavened bread of Sincerity and Truth (Epistle and Communion), that is free from the leaven of sin.
English: The Nave,
Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome.
Deutsch: Basilika Santa Maria Maggiore, Hauptschiff.
Photo: February 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: Bgabel
Attribution: Bgabel at wikivoyage shared
(Wikimedia Commons)
In the Gospel and the Offertory, we read of the coming of The Holy Women to The Sepulchre to embalm Our Lord. They find an empty tomb, but an Angel proclaims to them The Great Mystery of The Resurrection.
Let us joyfully keep this day on which Our Lord has restored Life to us in His Own Rising from The Dead (Easter Preface), and affirm with The Church that "The Lord is Risen Indeed", and, like Him, make our Easter a passing to an entirely New Way of Life.
Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Resurréxi.
Sequence: Victimæ Paschali Laudes.
Preface: For Easter.
Communicantes: For Easter. Until The Saturday before Low Sunday, inclusive.
Hanc Igitur: For Easter. Until The Saturday before Low Sunday, inclusive.
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Italian: Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore, Latin: Basilica Sanctæ Mariæ Maioris), or Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is the largest Catholic Marian Church in Rome.
Other Churches in Rome, Dedicated to Mary, include Santa Maria-in-Trastevere, Santa Maria-in-Aracœli, and Santa Maria sopra Minerva, but the greatest size of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major justifies the adjective (Papal Basilica) by which it is distinguished from the other twenty-five.
According to The 1929 Lateran Treaty, the Basilica, located in Italian territory, is owned by The Holy See and enjoys Extra-Territorial Status, similar to that of foreign embassies. The building is patrolled internally by Police agents of Vatican City State, not by Italian Police.
The Church may still sometimes be referred to as “Our Lady of The Snows”, a name given to it in The Roman Missal, from 1568 to 1969, in connection with The Liturgical Feast of The Anniversary of its Dedication on 5 August, a Feast that was then denominated “Dedicatio Sanctæ Mariæ ad Nives” (Dedication of Saint Mary of The Snows).
This name for the Basilica had become popular in the 14th-Century, in connection with a legend that The 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia reports thus: “During the Pontificate of Liberius, the Roman Patrician, John, and his wife, who were without heirs, made a vow to donate their possessions to The Virgin Mary. They Prayed that she might make known to them how they were to dispose of their property in her honour”.
On 5 August, at the height of the Roman Summer, snow fell during the night on the summit of The Esquiline Hill. In obedience to a vision of The Virgin Mary, which they had the same night, the couple built a Basilica in honour of Mary on the very spot which was covered with snow.
The legend is first reported only after the year 1000. It may be implied, in what The Liber Pontificalis of the Early-13th-Century says of Pope Liberius: "He built the Basilica of his own name (i.e. the Liberian Basilica) near the Macellum of Livia". Its prevalence in the 15th-Century is shown in the painting of The Miracle of The Snow by Masolino da Panicale.
The Feast was originally called “Dedicatio Sanctæ Mariæ” (Dedication of Saint Mary's), and was Celebrated only in Rome, until inserted for the first time into The General Roman Calendar, with “ad Nives” added to its name, in 1568.
A Congregation, appointed by Pope Benedict XIV in 1741, proposed that the reading of the legend be struck from The Office and that The Feast be given its original name. No action was taken on the proposal until 1969, when the reading of the legend was removed and The Feast was called “In dedicatione Basilicæ S. Mariæ (Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary)”. The legend is still Commemorated by dropping White Rose Petals from the Dome during the Celebration of The Mass and Second Vespers of The Feast.
Let us joyfully keep this day on which Our Lord has restored Life to us in His Own Rising from The Dead (Easter Preface), and affirm with The Church that "The Lord is Risen Indeed", and, like Him, make our Easter a passing to an entirely New Way of Life.
Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.
Mass: Resurréxi.
Sequence: Victimæ Paschali Laudes.
Preface: For Easter.
Communicantes: For Easter. Until The Saturday before Low Sunday, inclusive.
Hanc Igitur: For Easter. Until The Saturday before Low Sunday, inclusive.
English: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.
Česky: Vnitřní prostory Baziliky Santa Maria Maggiore, Řím, Itálie.
Photo: April 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Karelj
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Italian: Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore, Latin: Basilica Sanctæ Mariæ Maioris), or Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, is the largest Catholic Marian Church in Rome.
Other Churches in Rome, Dedicated to Mary, include Santa Maria-in-Trastevere, Santa Maria-in-Aracœli, and Santa Maria sopra Minerva, but the greatest size of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major justifies the adjective (Papal Basilica) by which it is distinguished from the other twenty-five.
According to The 1929 Lateran Treaty, the Basilica, located in Italian territory, is owned by The Holy See and enjoys Extra-Territorial Status, similar to that of foreign embassies. The building is patrolled internally by Police agents of Vatican City State, not by Italian Police.
The Church may still sometimes be referred to as “Our Lady of The Snows”, a name given to it in The Roman Missal, from 1568 to 1969, in connection with The Liturgical Feast of The Anniversary of its Dedication on 5 August, a Feast that was then denominated “Dedicatio Sanctæ Mariæ ad Nives” (Dedication of Saint Mary of The Snows).
This name for the Basilica had become popular in the 14th-Century, in connection with a legend that The 1911 Catholic Encyclopedia reports thus: “During the Pontificate of Liberius, the Roman Patrician, John, and his wife, who were without heirs, made a vow to donate their possessions to The Virgin Mary. They Prayed that she might make known to them how they were to dispose of their property in her honour”.
English: Decorated wall murals in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome.
Magyar: Santa Maria Maggiore, Róma. A főbejárat feletti belső faldíszítés.
Date: 2008-08-27 (original upload date). Taken on 2005.04.22.
Source: Transferred from hu.wikipedia
transferred to Commons by User:Gothika using CommonsHelper
Author: Original uploader was Kit36a at hu.wikipedia
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The legend is first reported only after the year 1000. It may be implied, in what The Liber Pontificalis of the Early-13th-Century says of Pope Liberius: "He built the Basilica of his own name (i.e. the Liberian Basilica) near the Macellum of Livia". Its prevalence in the 15th-Century is shown in the painting of The Miracle of The Snow by Masolino da Panicale.
The Feast was originally called “Dedicatio Sanctæ Mariæ” (Dedication of Saint Mary's), and was Celebrated only in Rome, until inserted for the first time into The General Roman Calendar, with “ad Nives” added to its name, in 1568.
A Congregation, appointed by Pope Benedict XIV in 1741, proposed that the reading of the legend be struck from The Office and that The Feast be given its original name. No action was taken on the proposal until 1969, when the reading of the legend was removed and The Feast was called “In dedicatione Basilicæ S. Mariæ (Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary)”. The legend is still Commemorated by dropping White Rose Petals from the Dome during the Celebration of The Mass and Second Vespers of The Feast.
English: Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome.
Português: Capela lateral e parte da nave,
Date: 2005.
Source: Taken by Ricardo André Frantz.
Author: Ricardo André Frantz (User:Tetraktys).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The earliest building on the site was the Liberian Basilica, or Santa Maria Liberiana, after Pope Liberius (352 A.D. - 366 A.D.). This name may have originated from the same legend, which recounts that, like John and his wife, Pope Liberius was told in a dream of the forthcoming Summer snowfall, went in procession to where it did occur and there marked out the area on which the Church was to be built. “Liberiana” is still included in some versions of the Basilica's formal name, and “Liberian Basilica” may be used as a contemporary, as well as historical, name.
No Catholic Church can be honoured with the title of Basilica unless by Apostolic Grant or from Immemorial Custom. Saint Mary Major is one of the only four Basilicas that today hold the Title of Major Basilica. The other three are Saint John Lateran, Saint Peter, and Saint Paul-without-the-Walls. (The Title of Major Basilica was once used more widely, being attached, for instance, to the Basilica of Saint Mary of The Angels, in Assisi.) All the other Catholic Churches that, either by Grant of the Pope or by Immemorial Custom, hold the Title of Basilica, are Minor Basilicas.
Until 2006, the four Major Basilicas, together with the Basilica of Saint Laurence-without-the-Walls, were referred to as the five “Patriarchal Basilicas” of Rome, associated with the five ancient Patriarchal Sees of Christendom (see Pentarchy). Saint Mary Major was associated with the Patriarchate of Antioch. In the same year, the title of “Patriarchal” was also removed from the Basilica of Saint Francis, in Assisi.
English: Cupola over a Side-Altar.
Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome.
Deutsch: Santa Maria Maggiore, Rom.
Kuppel eines Seitenaltars.
Photo: February 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: User:MatthiasKabel
(Wikimedia Commons)
The former five Patriarchal Basilicas, with the Basilica of The Holy Cross-in -Jerusalem, and San Sebastiano-fuori-le-mura, formed the Traditional Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome, which are visited by Pilgrims during their Pilgrimage to Rome, following a twenty-kilometres (twelve miles) itinerary, established by Saint Philip Neri on 25 February 1552, especially when seeking The Plenary Indulgence in Holy Years. For The Great Jubilee of 2000, Pope John Paul II replaced Saint Sebastian's Church with The Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love.
It is agreed that the present Basilica was built in the Reign of Pope Sixtus III (432 A.D. - 440 A.D.). The Dedicatory Inscription on The Triumphal Arch, “Sixtus Episcopus plebi Dei” (Sixtus the Bishop to the people of God) is an indication of that Pope's role in the construction. As well as this Church on the summit of The Esquiline Hill, Pope Sixtus III is said to have commissioned extensive building projects throughout the City, which were continued by his successor, Pope Leo I (The Great).
Church Building in Rome in this period, as exemplified in Saint Mary Major, was inspired by the idea of Rome being, not just The Centre of The World of The Roman Empire, as it was seen in The Classical Period, but The Centre of The Christian World.
English: Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.
Česky: Vnitřní prostory Baziliky Santa Maria Maggiore, Řím, Itálie.
Photo: April 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Karelj
(Wikimedia Commons)
Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the first Churches built in honour of The Virgin Mary, was erected in the immediate aftermath of The Council of Ephesus of 431 A.D., which proclaimed Mary, Mother of God. Pope Sixtus III built it to Commemorate this decision.
When the Popes returned to Rome after the period of The Avignon Papacy, the buildings of the Basilica became a temporary Palace of the Popes, due to the deteriorated state of The Lateran Palace. The Papal Residence was later moved to The Palace of the Vatican, in what is now Vatican City.
Basilica of Saint Mary Major
(Santa Maria Maggiore), Rome.
Photo: March 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Sixtus
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Basilica was restored, re-decorated and extended by various Popes, including Eugene III (1145–1153), Nicholas IV (1288–1292), Clement X (1670–1676), and Benedict XIV (1740–1758), who, in the 1740s, commissioned Ferdinando Fuga to build the present façade and to modify the Interior. The Interior of Santa Maria Maggiore underwent a broad renovation, encompassing all of its Altars, between 1575 and 1630.
The original architecture of Santa Maria Maggiore was Classical, and Traditionally Roman, perhaps to convey the idea that Santa Maria Maggiore represented Old Imperial Rome, as well as its Christian future.
Saturday 3 April 2021
The Marian Anthem Is Now “Regina Cæli”.
The Blessed Virgin Mary
is Crowned “Queen of Heaven”
by Her Beloved Son,
Illustration: CALEFACTORY.ORG
“Regina Cæli”.
As from Compline on Holy Saturday,
The Marian Anthem is now
“Regina Cæli”.
Available on YouTube at
The Pieta, Leeds Cathedral.
The Pieta,
Leeds Cathedral.
Illustration: FACEBOOK, MIKE FORBESTER
The following Text is from Leeds Cathedral's Web-Site at LEEDS CATHEDRAL
The Pieta is modelled on Michelangelo’s Pieta in Saint Peter’s, Rome.
It was executed in marble by Boulton of Cheltenham in 1913
as a memorial to two former Administrators of Leeds Cathedral,
Provost Richard Browne (☩ 1902) and Canon Charles Croskell (☩ 1911).
Make Holy Saturday Mean Something. Watch, Take Part, And Assist, At The Live-Stream Of The Vigil Mass for Easter on Holy Saturday.
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Watch, Take Part, and Assist,
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This contains details of many Masses and Church Liturgies available all over the World at different times. Simply select the one that you want to watch.
“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent”. The Holy Saturday Hymn For The Great Entrance.
"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence."
Да молчит - Сретенский монастырь.
Хор Сретенского Монастыря -
Да молчит всякая плоть (Прот. П. Турчанинов).
[Вместо Херувимской песни поется в Великую Субботу]
Sretensky Monastery Choir.
“Let all mortal flesh keep silent”.
Available on YouTube at
This Article, by Gregory Dipippo, is taken from, and can be read in full at,
This ancient Hymn was borrowed by The Byzantine Rite
from The Liturgy of Saint James, and is sung at The Great Entrance, in place of The Cherubic Hymn, when The Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great is Celebrated on the morning of Holy Saturday.
This particularly impressive Old Church Slavonic version is
sung by the Choir of The Sretensky Monastery in Moscow, Russia.
In The Hours Of Holy Saturday: A Great Silence Overtakes The Church.
Cologne Cathedral at night.
Illustration: DAN IN DEUTSCHLAND
The Silence Of The Lord.
“In The Hours Of Holy Saturday:
A Great Silence Overtakes The Church”.
This Article can be read in full
in the Newsletter of
Cologne Cathedral at night.
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“Der Kreuzigung Christi”
(The Crucifixion of Christ).
Artist: Bruno Piglhein
(1848-1894).
Illustration: DAILY BIBLE STUDY
A Great Silence
overtakes The Church on Holy Saturday.
Illustration: UNEXPECTED TRAVELLER
Bach’s “Saint John Passion”.
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner.
Sung by: The Monteverdi Choir,
English Baroque Soloists.
Available on YouTube at
Holy Saturday. Lenten Station At The Papal Arch-Basilica Of Saint John Lateran.
unless otherwise stated.
Holy Saturday.
Station at Saint John Lateran.
Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.
Double of The First-Class.
Violet Vestments
and White Vestments.
English: Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Latin: Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris et Sanctorum Iohannes Baptistæ
et Evangelistæ in Laterano Omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput.
Italiano: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Roma
Polski: Bazylika św. Jana na Lateranie (znana jako Bazylika Laterańska),
Photo: September 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Stefan Bauer, http://www.ferras.at
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Station is at Saint John Lateran, The Mother Church of The Christian World, and it is here that The Church Celebrated The First Mass of Easter and that, formerly, she received into her bosom the many Catechumens, who were Baptised on this day.
First Dedicated to Our Blessed Saviour, this Basilica was subsequently Consecrated to Saint John the Baptist, with the Baptistry attached.
In former times, The Church held no special Service on this morning. Apart from any gathering for The Lenten Station, a Meeting was held in the course of the afternoon for The Seventh, and last, Scrutiny, which almost immediately preceded the Baptism.
[It was at this gathering that The Rite of Exorcism took place, and The Rite of Ephpheta, which recalls the Miracles worked by Jesus, when He cured the deaf and dumb, and the Renunciation of Satan, pronounced by The Catechumen after being Anointed with The Oil of Catechumens. He then recited the Symbol, a proceeding known as “the Rendering of The Symbol”. We discover these Rites, again, in the present Ceremonies of Baptism, following those that took place at The Third Scrutiny.]
At night, was held The Watch, or Solemn Vigil of Easter, towards the end of which, before daybreak, The Catechumens plunged in the Water of The Baptistry and were, so to speak, buried with Jesus; and, at the very hour at which Christ rose Triumphantly from The Sepulchre, they were born to The Life of Grace.
Later, The Great Ceremonies were Anticipated, being held first in the evening, and, subsequently, in the morning of Holy Saturday. They reveal a sudden change from sorrow to joy, and disclose certain anomalies which this notice helps to explain.
The Blessing Of The New Fire.
First Dedicated to Our Blessed Saviour, this Basilica was subsequently Consecrated to Saint John the Baptist, with the Baptistry attached.
In former times, The Church held no special Service on this morning. Apart from any gathering for The Lenten Station, a Meeting was held in the course of the afternoon for The Seventh, and last, Scrutiny, which almost immediately preceded the Baptism.
[It was at this gathering that The Rite of Exorcism took place, and The Rite of Ephpheta, which recalls the Miracles worked by Jesus, when He cured the deaf and dumb, and the Renunciation of Satan, pronounced by The Catechumen after being Anointed with The Oil of Catechumens. He then recited the Symbol, a proceeding known as “the Rendering of The Symbol”. We discover these Rites, again, in the present Ceremonies of Baptism, following those that took place at The Third Scrutiny.]
At night, was held The Watch, or Solemn Vigil of Easter, towards the end of which, before daybreak, The Catechumens plunged in the Water of The Baptistry and were, so to speak, buried with Jesus; and, at the very hour at which Christ rose Triumphantly from The Sepulchre, they were born to The Life of Grace.
Later, The Great Ceremonies were Anticipated, being held first in the evening, and, subsequently, in the morning of Holy Saturday. They reveal a sudden change from sorrow to joy, and disclose certain anomalies which this notice helps to explain.
English: The Lateran Palace (on the Left)
beside the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Deutsch: Das Bild zeigt den Lateranspalast und das Seitenportal
der Lateransbasilika von der Piazza S. Giovanni-in-Laterano aus.
Italiano: Facciata laterale della Basilica di San Giovanni-in-Laterano,
con a sinistra il Palazzo Laterano
Photo: September 2004.
Source: Own work.
Author: Maus-Trauden
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Blessing Of The New Fire.
The Church, Blessing, as she does, all Elements of which she makes use for Divine Worship, made a practice of Blessing, every evening, The New Fire that was to provide the Light for The Office of Vespers. The Liturgy of Holy Saturday maintains this custom. She also Blesses The Five Grains of Incense, which are to be fixed in The Paschal Candle, the Offering of which to God will thenceforward be accepted as a sweet savour.
At a convenient hour, the Altars are covered with Linen Cloths, but the Candles are not lighted until the beginning of Mass, later on. Meanwhile, fire is struck from a flint, outside the Church, and the coals are kindled.
At the end of None, the Priest, Vested in Amice, Alb, Girdle, and Stole, to which he adds, if possible, a Violet Cope, accompanied by his Ministers, with Processional Cross, Holy Water and Incense, goes outside the Church Door, and Blesses The New Fire.
The Blessing Of The Paschal Candle.
The Celebrant goes up to the Epistle side of the Altar, and the Deacon, giving the Reed to an Acolyte, takes the Book and asks a Blessing of the Priest.
The Deacon then goes to the Lectern, puts down the Book and incenses it. At his Right-Hand, stand the Sub-Deacon, with The Cross, and the Thurifer; at his Left, the two Acolytes, one holding the Reed and the other the Vessel containing The Five Blessed Grains of Incense, to be set in The Paschal Candle.
All rise and stand, as at the Gospel, and the Deacon sings the Exsultet, in which The Church expounds the beautiful symbolic meaning of The Paschal Candle. He sings of the night of happy memory, which witnessed the escape of The Children of Israel from Egypt, conducted by a Pillar of Fire illumined with The Splendour of Christ. When the Exsultet has been sung, the Deacon fixes The Five Blessed Grains of Incense in The Paschal Candle, in the form of a Cross.
The Prophecies.
After the Blessing of The Paschal Candle, the Deacon lays aside his White Dalmatic and puts on a Violet Stole and Violet Maniple. He then goes to the Celebrant, who, after laying aside his Cope, puts on a Violet Maniple and Violet Chasuble. The Prophecies are then chanted, by the Cantors, without any introduction, while the Priest, standing on the Epistle side of the Altar, reads them in a low voice.
The Reading of The Twelve Prophecies served the object, formerly, of a final Initiation of The Catechumens.
The Blessing Of The Font.
In earlier times, the Clergy, at this point, went to The Baptistry of The Lateran, where The Sovereign Pontiff Blessed, by virtue of The Cross, the Water that was to be used for the Baptism. The Paschal Candle, which he dipped three times into it, recalled to mind the incident of The Baptism of Jesus in The River Jordan, whereby He Sanctified the Water and imparted to it the Power of Regeneration.
The Catechumens were then questioned, for the last time, on the Creed, were Baptised, and then Confirmed, and the White Garments, in which they were then clothed, became The Mystical Robe which entitled them to sit at The Holy Table and make their First Communion.
At the end of the Reading of The Prophecies, if there is a Baptismal Font in the Church, the Priest, who is about to Bless it, puts on a Violet Cope and, preceded by the Processional Cross, the Candelabra and the Lighted Blessed Candle, goes to the Font with his Ministers and the Clergy, while the Tract is sung.
The Litany Of The Saints.
As the Priest and his Ministers return to the Altar, after the Blessing of the Font, two Cantors begin to sing The Litany of The Saints.
At the Invocation, “Peccatores, te rogamus, audi nos”, the Priest and his Ministers go into The Sacristy, where they Vest in White Vestments for The Solemn Celebration of Mass. Meanwhile, the Candles are lighted on the Altar.
Mass And Vespers.
During the singing of The Litany of The Saints, the Neophytes re-entered the Church, and The Mass was begun, which inaugurated The Solemn Services of Easter (Secret). This Celebrates The Glory of The Risen Christ (Gospel), and that of the Souls who, through Baptism, have entered on a New Life, a pledge of their future resurrection (Epistle, Collect, Hanc igitur). Hence, the joyful Alleluia that is sung, the pealing of the Organ and the ringing of the Bells.
The Vespers, which follow The Communion, remind us of The Holy Women, who were the first to realise The Great Mystery of The Resurrection.
Let us show our gratitude to God for The Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and The Holy Eucharist, which have made it possible for us to pass, with Jesus, from the Death of Sin to the Life of Grace.
At a convenient hour, the Altars are covered with Linen Cloths, but the Candles are not lighted until the beginning of Mass, later on. Meanwhile, fire is struck from a flint, outside the Church, and the coals are kindled.
At the end of None, the Priest, Vested in Amice, Alb, Girdle, and Stole, to which he adds, if possible, a Violet Cope, accompanied by his Ministers, with Processional Cross, Holy Water and Incense, goes outside the Church Door, and Blesses The New Fire.
The Blessing Of The Paschal Candle.
The Celebrant goes up to the Epistle side of the Altar, and the Deacon, giving the Reed to an Acolyte, takes the Book and asks a Blessing of the Priest.
The Deacon then goes to the Lectern, puts down the Book and incenses it. At his Right-Hand, stand the Sub-Deacon, with The Cross, and the Thurifer; at his Left, the two Acolytes, one holding the Reed and the other the Vessel containing The Five Blessed Grains of Incense, to be set in The Paschal Candle.
The Cloisters.
Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome.
Photo: May 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Briséis
(Wikimedia Commons)
All rise and stand, as at the Gospel, and the Deacon sings the Exsultet, in which The Church expounds the beautiful symbolic meaning of The Paschal Candle. He sings of the night of happy memory, which witnessed the escape of The Children of Israel from Egypt, conducted by a Pillar of Fire illumined with The Splendour of Christ. When the Exsultet has been sung, the Deacon fixes The Five Blessed Grains of Incense in The Paschal Candle, in the form of a Cross.
The Prophecies.
After the Blessing of The Paschal Candle, the Deacon lays aside his White Dalmatic and puts on a Violet Stole and Violet Maniple. He then goes to the Celebrant, who, after laying aside his Cope, puts on a Violet Maniple and Violet Chasuble. The Prophecies are then chanted, by the Cantors, without any introduction, while the Priest, standing on the Epistle side of the Altar, reads them in a low voice.
The Reading of The Twelve Prophecies served the object, formerly, of a final Initiation of The Catechumens.
English: Cloisters of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome.
Italiano: Chiostro della Basilica di San Giovanni-in-Laterano, Roma.
Photo: October 2005.
Source: Flickr
Author: Ern
Reviewer: Mac9
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Blessing Of The Font.
In earlier times, the Clergy, at this point, went to The Baptistry of The Lateran, where The Sovereign Pontiff Blessed, by virtue of The Cross, the Water that was to be used for the Baptism. The Paschal Candle, which he dipped three times into it, recalled to mind the incident of The Baptism of Jesus in The River Jordan, whereby He Sanctified the Water and imparted to it the Power of Regeneration.
The Catechumens were then questioned, for the last time, on the Creed, were Baptised, and then Confirmed, and the White Garments, in which they were then clothed, became The Mystical Robe which entitled them to sit at The Holy Table and make their First Communion.
At the end of the Reading of The Prophecies, if there is a Baptismal Font in the Church, the Priest, who is about to Bless it, puts on a Violet Cope and, preceded by the Processional Cross, the Candelabra and the Lighted Blessed Candle, goes to the Font with his Ministers and the Clergy, while the Tract is sung.
The Litany Of The Saints.
As the Priest and his Ministers return to the Altar, after the Blessing of the Font, two Cantors begin to sing The Litany of The Saints.
At the Invocation, “Peccatores, te rogamus, audi nos”, the Priest and his Ministers go into The Sacristy, where they Vest in White Vestments for The Solemn Celebration of Mass. Meanwhile, the Candles are lighted on the Altar.
English: Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome.
With a length of 400 feet, the Basilica ranks fifteenth
among the World's largest Churches.
Français: Basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran.
Avec sa longueur de 121,84 mètres,
cette Basilique se classe au 15è rang parmi
les plus grandes églises au monde.
Photo: September 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Tango7174
(Wikimedia Commons)
Mass And Vespers.
During the singing of The Litany of The Saints, the Neophytes re-entered the Church, and The Mass was begun, which inaugurated The Solemn Services of Easter (Secret). This Celebrates The Glory of The Risen Christ (Gospel), and that of the Souls who, through Baptism, have entered on a New Life, a pledge of their future resurrection (Epistle, Collect, Hanc igitur). Hence, the joyful Alleluia that is sung, the pealing of the Organ and the ringing of the Bells.
The Vespers, which follow The Communion, remind us of The Holy Women, who were the first to realise The Great Mystery of The Resurrection.
Let us show our gratitude to God for The Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and The Holy Eucharist, which have made it possible for us to pass, with Jesus, from the Death of Sin to the Life of Grace.
The Pope's Seat.
Photo: October 2005.
Source: Flickr
Author: Ern
Reviewer: Mac9
(Wikimedia Commons)
At the end of The Litany of The Saints, the Cantors sing the Solemn “Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison”, each Invocation being repeated thrice.
Meanwhile, the Priest, attended by his Ministers, all in White Vestments, goes to the Altar, recites the “Judica me”, adding the “Gloria Patri”, and makes the “Confiteor” in the usual way. Then, ascending the steps, he kisses the Altar, incenses it, and, as soon as the Choir have finished the “Kyrie eleison”, he intones the “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”; the Organ is played and the Bells are rung.
During The Mass, the “Agnus Dei” is omitted and, instead of a Communion Antiphon, the Choir sings Vespers.
During Vespers, the Chapter, Hymn and Verse are omitted.
During the “Magnificat”, the Altar is incensed, as at Solemn Vespers.
At The Dismissal, at the end of Mass, the Deacon, turning towards the people, says: “Ite Missa est, Alleluia, Alleluia”. This double Alleluia is added to the “Ite Missa est” until Easter Saturday, inclusive.
The Mass ends, as usual, with the "Placeat", The Blessing, and The Last Gospel.
Paschaltide.
Paschaltide, extending from Easter Sunday to Saturday after Pentecost, Commemorates The Three Glorious Mysteries:
The Resurrection of Our Lord (Celebrated during forty days);
His Ascension (Celebrated during ten days);
The Descent of The Holy Ghost (Celebrated during The Octave of Pentecost).
Therefore, the Doctrinal, Historical, and Liturgical, Notes for Paschaltide, in The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, will be given in Three Parts, respectively, before each one of:
The Feast of Easter;
The Feast of Ascension Day;
The Feast of Pentecost.
Meanwhile, the Priest, attended by his Ministers, all in White Vestments, goes to the Altar, recites the “Judica me”, adding the “Gloria Patri”, and makes the “Confiteor” in the usual way. Then, ascending the steps, he kisses the Altar, incenses it, and, as soon as the Choir have finished the “Kyrie eleison”, he intones the “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”; the Organ is played and the Bells are rung.
During The Mass, the “Agnus Dei” is omitted and, instead of a Communion Antiphon, the Choir sings Vespers.
During Vespers, the Chapter, Hymn and Verse are omitted.
During the “Magnificat”, the Altar is incensed, as at Solemn Vespers.
English: Saint James-the-Less.
By Angelo de' Rossi.
Nave of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome.
Česky: Socha Sv. Jana Menšího z dílny
Angela de' Rossiho z Lateránské baziliky v Římě, Itálie.
Photo: April 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Karelj
(Wikimedia Commons)
At The Dismissal, at the end of Mass, the Deacon, turning towards the people, says: “Ite Missa est, Alleluia, Alleluia”. This double Alleluia is added to the “Ite Missa est” until Easter Saturday, inclusive.
The Mass ends, as usual, with the "Placeat", The Blessing, and The Last Gospel.
Paschaltide.
Paschaltide, extending from Easter Sunday to Saturday after Pentecost, Commemorates The Three Glorious Mysteries:
The Resurrection of Our Lord (Celebrated during forty days);
His Ascension (Celebrated during ten days);
The Descent of The Holy Ghost (Celebrated during The Octave of Pentecost).
Therefore, the Doctrinal, Historical, and Liturgical, Notes for Paschaltide, in The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, will be given in Three Parts, respectively, before each one of:
The Feast of Easter;
The Feast of Ascension Day;
The Feast of Pentecost.
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